Vsan Storage Policy Change

Click the vms tab and click virtual machines.

Vsan storage policy change. All other parameters including rules are editable. To edit the policy you must have the storage policy privileges that include the view and update privileges. Prerequisites verify that the vm storage policy you want to assign as the default policy to the vsan datastore meets the requirements of virtual machines in the vsan cluster. The vsan default policy only applies to vsan datastores.

In both cases vsan will use additional capacity to make the necessary changes to components to comply with the assigned storage policy. You can change the default storage policy for a selected virtual volumes or vsan datastore. Now the question remains how do i change the policy of a single vm. When you modify a policy the change is accepted but not applied immediately.

Virtual san fails to provision a virtual machine when the policy requirements are not met but it successfully creates the user defined storage policy. Vsan 6 7 update 3 and later manages policy changes to reduce the amount of transient space consumed across the cluster. On the vm storage policies tab click the storage policy you want to change. How vsan manages policy changes.

The policy is editable. Another scenario is when an existing storage policy that is assigned to one or more vms is modified. If you configure the object space reservation then reservation will be done on the vsan datastore for the specified object or the vm on which this policy is assigned. When editing the policy you cannot change the name of the policy or the vsan storage provider specification.

By changing the policy as demonstrated in the video you can simply increase the stripe width for all virtual machines. Create a new policy go to vm storage policies. You can change the default storage policy for a selected vsan datastore. Click the virtual machine whose policy you want to modify.

You cannot apply the default storage policy to non vsan datastores such as nfs or a vmfs datastore because the default virtual machine storage policy is compatible with any vsan datastore in the vcenter server you can move your virtual machine objects provisioned with the default policy to any vsan datastore in the vcenter server. One scenario is when a new policy that requires a change in component number and or layout is assigned to a vm. From the vsphere web client home click policies and profiles vm storage policies. You can see the list of virtual machines that use this storage policy.

It is actually really straight forward. In the vsphere web client. Transient capacity is generated when vsan reconfigures objects for a policy change.